Days of Death [A Wings of Fire Fanfiction]

Chapter 4: Ancient Gold

Sorry for the two day delay, I suck.

“This is the spot?” Cobra asked, looking over at Kuldr, who nodded.

Goldennight looked down, confused. There was no visible reef or parts of a ship. All that he could see was a tiny island with a leaning tree.

“Where is it?” Acekiller muttered, staring down into the water.

Goldennight got bored and flew over to the island. As he landed on it, a dull thunk reverberated underneath him. He looked down, startled, and then a thought occurred to him. Kneeling down, he brushed the sand away and revealed a wooden plank. Excited, he continued brushing sand aside until he saw black letters appear. They were faded by time and weather, but he could still just make out The Treasure.

“IT'S HERE!” He screamed, jumping up and waving his wings. Everyone flew over and landed on the old ship, looking at the old painted letters in amazement.

“I must have sailed past this thing twenty times in The Kuldrs Pride.” Cobra said, his voice filled with amazement. “And I always assumed it was a regular island. Why isn’t the wood rotten yet?”

“I think it’s enchanted.” Acekiller said, drawing his sword and smashing the blade into the wood, not even scratching it. “Must have been supposed to protect it during naval battles. But they forgot to include natural hazards in.”

Cobra nodded and drew his sword, then jumped into the water. Acekiller followed him, leaving Goldennight with Peacebringer, Nightfighter, Snowflake  and Kuldr.

Goldennight looked at his mother, who shook her head and started towards him. He smiled at her then jumped into the water, swimming after his father.

He found Cobra and Acekiller hovering by the side of the ship. As he swam up next to them, Goldennight gasped as he saw the rest of the ship. It extended almost three yards down, the back resting on the reef. He could see the wound that had brought this massive thing down; a gaping hole that stretched a quarter of the way up the side of the ship, as well as halfway across the bottom.

“We need to go inside.” Cobra said mentally. Acekiller nodded and swam forward, entering through the hole. He reappeared a second later and nodded, and Cobra and Goldennight swam inside as well.

Cobra and Acekiller immediately headed down to the cargo bay, but Goldennight looked around and saw a rusty old metal door set in the wall. He swam towards it and pulled at the handle, which broke off in his talon. Dropping the handle, he rammed the door with his shoulder, breaking it off its hinges and knocking it slightly ajar.

Squeezing through the hole that he had created, Goldennight found himself in what he could only guess was the captain's quarters, because he could see that there were portholes in the walls, casting a green foggy light into the room. At the very end of the quarters, sitting in a chair, was the skeletal remains of a dragon.

That must have been the captain. Goldennight thought, swimming closer. As he neared, he noticed that one of the dragons talons were fastened on a sealed metal box, which obviously was enchanted since there was no rust on it. Goldennight reached out and grabbed the box, but before he could remove it a strong talon grabbed him by the throat and held him in a steel like grip.

Looking up, he saw the captains skeleton glaring at him, it’s eyes lit by a faint golden light. It lifted him up and spoke in a raspy voice, the water giving it an ominous quality.

“What is the purpose of you trying to obtain this clue?” The skeleton rasped, and Goldennight felt its grip lessen slightly. He managed to gasp out “To find Cairo’s grave and discover the location of our old kingdom.”